ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,717, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Motor vehicle with a side door" was invented by Stephan Wolfrum (Hebertshausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle has a side door which has a door inner panel on the motor vehicle interior side and a door outer skin on the motor vehicle outer side. The door inner panel and the door outer skin are joined together at least in some sections in an edge region of the side door in order to form a butt joint, wherein a gap can be formed between the door inner panel and the door outer skin in the edge region at least partly on the basis of toler...